Laclede Gas Building

31-story skyscraper located at 720 Olive Street in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri

38°37′42″N 90°11′32″W / 38.6282°N 90.1922°W / 38.6282; -90.1922Completed1967 - 1969OwnerBrandonview LLCHeightRoof122 m (400 ft)Technical detailsFloor count31Floor area434,912 sq ft (40,404.6 m²)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Emery Roth & SonsOther informationPublic transit access

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At 8th & Pine stationReferences^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Laclede Gas Building is a 31-story, 122 m (400 ft) skyscraper located at 720 Olive Street in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was designed by the Emery Roth & Sons architecture firm, and was built between 1967 and 1969 for the Laclede Gas Company, which had outgrown its 10-story building at 1017 Olive Street.^[4] The Laclede Gas Company vacated the building in March 2015, after 45 years in the space. The building has since been converted to mixed-use, and presently consists of both office and residential spaces.^[5]

Uniquely, all power for the building is generated in-house using natural gas burning generators, and therefore is not interconnected to the Ameren power grid.

The building also houses one of the eastbound entrances to MetroLink's 8th & Pine subway station.

References

^ "Emporis building ID 127162". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12.
^ "Laclede Gas Building". SkyscraperPage.
^ Laclede Gas Building at Structurae
^ "St. Louis Historic Preservation". dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
^ Ihnen, Alex (2014-09-12). "Hayden Buys Laclede Gas Building, Renovation to Include 111 Apartments". NextSTL. Retrieved 2019-01-17.